Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

You can't always change your circumstances, but you can change the way you experience them.

Today I no longer need to change the world around me. I just need to change the way I see it.

It's not always the case that things will fall into your lap or that life will be great, but it's all about perspective and having a positive outlook. If something goes wrong you say: "That happened for a reason, what can I learn from that and how can I grow?"

What makes most of us who we are most of all is not our minds and not our bodies and not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.

Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well - there's another notch on my experience belt.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

When things don't go our way, we get to choose how we will respond. We get to choose our perspective. Will you focus on what you didn't get, or what you did get?

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen for me?'

You can't change how people act, but what you can change is how you react.

No matter what twists and turns your life offers you, your ability to be adaptable and flexible will help you to stay open to all of the hidden gifts that difficulty may offer.

Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.

The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way keep the growth mindset in your thoughts then when you bump up against obstacles you can turn to it, it will always be there for you showing you a path into the future.

It is what it is. But you have the power to turn it into an isn't so bad.

When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.

We're not really good at knowing what we want, and we are quick to say 'this sucks'. That's where the opportunity lies.